Stamps from Czechoslovakia

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Playing-Card Tax Stamps from Czechoslovakia

These stamps were used after WW1 until 1940.
The Czech text is 'KOLEK Z HRACÍCH KARET'. The value is '4 K' ('Korun') on the left stamp and '10 Kc' ('Korun ceskoslovenskych') on the right stamp. The '9' resp. '12' indicates the stamping office. The values changed in 1925 and 1937, when new laws on playing-card taxes were passed. Note the 'R C S' below the lion, for the Czechoslovakian Republic.

The second stamp on this card was used to adjust the tax to a new value. For this pack that was probably done in 1938.

This stamp was presumably in use in 'Bohemia and Moravia' under the German occupation during WWII.
The text is 'STEMPEL' and 'KOLEK', and the value is '15 K' ('Kronen' or 'Korun'). The '12' again indicates the stamping office.

I am not sure when these stamps (together with other slightly different stamps) were used, but my guess is that it was also in the time of German occupation.
The text is the maker's name ('UNIE'), and a value. The 'K' might either stand for 'Kronen' or for 'Korun'.

This is one of the similar stamps.
The text is the maker's name again ('PIATNIK PRAG - PRAHA'), and a value ('K 4-50').

This is a stamp using German currency.
The text is the maker's name again ('Br. Willner - Teplitz'), and a value ('RM -.50') in 'Reichsmark'.
(scanned by an unnamed collector)

This is another stamp used during German occupation for imported packs.
The text is 'Zollamt Zlin (Mähren)' (customs office in Zlin, Moravia), and 'Nr. 1'.

During the German occupation of 'Bohemia and Moravia' there was also a 'Slovakian Republic' that was under German control. You can find information at Slovakia.

This stamp was in use from 1946 to 1948, when tax stamps on playing-cards were abandoned.
The Slovakian text is 'KOLOK Z HRACICH KARÁT'. The value is '25 Kcs' ('Korun ceskoslovenskych'). The '3' indicates the stamping office. Note the coat of arms on the lion's breast.
(scanned by Helmut Feindura)

This is another stamp similar to the previous one, and used during the same time.
Here the text is in Czech: 'KOLEK Z HRACICH KARET'. The value is '25 Kcs'. The '2' indicates the stamping office. Note again the coat of arms on the lion's breast.
(scanned by Frieder Büchler)

The stamp was on the Ace of Hearts for French-suited cards, and on the Eight of Bells for German-suited cards.

Similar to the regulations in Austria, adhesive bands were used in Czechoslovakia to seal the packs.

This band was in use in Czechoslovakia from 1886. The value is 15 Krajczár.

This band was in use in Czechoslovakia in 1920. The value is 5 Korun.

This is another band from 1920, with a value of 10 Korun.

This is a 1920 band again, but with an overprint that adjusts the value. The overprinted text is 'DOKOLKOVANO na 10 kc', and that dates it to after 1925. Actually, it looks to me like '20 kc', but that should not be correct when you look at the following stamp, also with the increased value overstamped.

This is the other band from 1920, and it also has an overprint that adjusts the value to fit for after 1925. The overprinted text is 'DOKOLKOVANO na 20 kc'.

This is part of a band from 1920 with a different overprint. The overprinted text is 'DOKOLKOVANO NA 15 Kc'. This value suggests that it was used in 1938, which is strange, as there had been new bands with the date 1925 in the meantime.

This is part of a band from 1938, the value is 15 Korun.

	These stamps were used after WW1 until 1940. The Czech text is 'KOLEK Z HRACÍCH KARET'. The value is '4 K' ('Korun') on the left stamp and '10 Kc' ('Korun ceskoslovenskych') on the right stamp. The '9' resp. '12' indicates the stamping office. The values changed in 1925 and 1937, when new laws on playing-card taxes were passed. Note the 'R C S' below the lion, for the Czechoslovakian Republic.

	The second stamp on this card was used to adjust the tax to a new value. For this pack that was probably done in 1938.

	This stamp was presumably in use in 'Bohemia and Moravia' under the German occupation during WWII. The text is 'STEMPEL' and 'KOLEK', and the value is '15 K' ('Kronen' or 'Korun'). The '12' again indicates the stamping office.

	I am not sure when these stamps (together with other slightly different stamps) were used, but my guess is that it was also in the time of German occupation. The text is the maker's name ('UNIE'), and a value. The 'K' might either stand for 'Kronen' or for 'Korun'.

	This is one of the similar stamps. The text is the maker's name again ('PIATNIK PRAG - PRAHA'), and a value ('K 4-50').

	This is a stamp using German currency. The text is the maker's name again ('Br. Willner - Teplitz'), and a value ('RM -.50') in 'Reichsmark'. (scanned by an unnamed collector)

	This is another stamp used during German occupation for imported packs. The text is 'Zollamt Zlin (Mähren)' (customs office in Zlin, Moravia), and 'Nr. 1'.

	This stamp was in use from 1946 to 1948, when tax stamps on playing-cards were abandoned. The Slovakian text is 'KOLOK Z HRACICH KARÁT'. The value is '25 Kcs' ('Korun ceskoslovenskych'). The '3' indicates the stamping office. Note the coat of arms on the lion's breast. (scanned by Helmut Feindura)

	This is another stamp similar to the previous one, and used during the same time. Here the text is in Czech: 'KOLEK Z HRACICH KARET'. The value is '25 Kcs'. The '2' indicates the stamping office. Note again the coat of arms on the lion's breast. (scanned by Frieder Büchler)